Pathfinder 1E Pathfinder Unchained

[Ezequielramone]

With all the 5th talks I don't see anyone taking about this promising book. Don't misunderstand me. I bought and play next, still I buy and love much more the pathfinder rpg. I do believe that this book have the potential to reinvent the game in an unpredictable way. I mean. I think that pathfinder reinvents itself with every rulebook. but the premise of this book is to reinvent the game... so I have really high expectations.
Even if we still don't have much information about this book, what do you expect for it or what do you know about it?
Sorry for my English and thanks for your time.

 

[Henry]

What do I expect, and what do I know about it? Not much, and not much.
Very little has been released about it, but long story short, it aims to have I believe they said new versions of the rogue, monk, and summoner, and all sorts of variant subsystems - I heard for instance Sean Reynolds, before he left the company, had been experimenting with a new action economy system instead of the 3.x style swift/move/standard or full action system. I fully expect that variant to be in there as an example.

 

[Ramaster]

Great topic!

The "NEW" classes are, IMHO, quite necessary.

The Monk is broken, it sucks.
The Summoner is broken, it's overpowered.
The Rogue is broken, it got completely over classed (No pun intended) with the Investigator and the Slayer.

The variant rules might be interesting, too. Don't know much about them, tough.

I read the ACG some weeks ago and that book was a game changer. So much cool stuff to try! Paizo still has it, so my hopes for Unchained are quite high!

 

[DaveMage]

I have high hopes for it too - as long as the rules play nicely with existing Pathfinder products.

 

[Lord Mhoram]

Aside from "new" classes to play with, the two things I am most interested in - the simpler action economy and the martial enhancements. As last described a character has a pool of "exhaustion points" or something, and you can use one to really enhance a combat feat (I suspect SKR came up with this, then it is front and center in his new RPG). You have a limited amount of this.

The discuss having it for everyone, martial or fighter's only - and whether or not it's free or you have to take a feat to use it.

As it empowers combat feats, fighters get the most use out of it, as they get the most combat feats. This is the the system they mentioned when people complained that the fighter wasn't on the "class rebuild" list. Because this system gives fighters nice things.

 

[Morrus]

I don't know anything about it, but I'm excited nonetheless. The comparisons I've heard are Unearthed Arcana, which was one of my favourite 1E books. Plus I like it when 3.x does interesting, new things.

 

[Henry]

Speaking of new and interesting things, I'm also looking forward to next year's Occult Adventures, with Paizo's Kineticist class who is a magic using class who ISN'T Vancian, words of power or point-based. Cant wait to see what that shakes out as.

 

[Evenglare]

Speaking of new and interesting things, I'm also looking forward to next year's Occult Adventures, with Paizo's Kineticist class who is a magic using class who ISN'T Vancian, words of power or point-based. Cant wait to see what that shakes out as.

What other possibility is there besides AEDU? I legitimately can't think of how else you could possibly do it and make it feel like magic at that point. Some sort of ... scroll or materia system?

 

[pickin_grinnin]

This is going to be a "wait and see" purchase for me.

 

[Lord Mhoram]

Speaking of new and interesting things, I'm also looking forward to next year's Occult Adventures, with Paizo's Kineticist class who is a magic using class who ISN'T Vancian, words of power or point-based. Cant wait to see what that shakes out as.

They announced that the playtest should be out in the last half of Oct. I'm super excited.